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Maria Sharapova reaches Australian Open quarter-finals

| | Jan 24, 2016, at 03:21 pm
Melbourne, Jan 24 (IBNS): Russian Tennis star Maria Sharapova reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open women's singles event here on Sunday.

She defeated Swiss  Belinda Bencic 7-5 7-5 to reach the round.

She will face US star Serena Williams in  the quarter-finals.

Defending champions Serena Margarita Gasparyan 6-2 6-1 in 55 minutes to set a date for her clash against Maria in the next round.

It will be a rematch of the Australian Open final last year where Serena had defeated the Russian player to clinch the title.

 

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